Sekirov Dictionary

whoop

/wuːp/

verb 4
noun 3
/wʊp/ verb 2
forms 4
phrases 2

verb4

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To make a whoop.
- When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. — 1613
To shout, to yell.
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
•
(no longer used) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
- And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be / Whooped out of Rome. — 1608

noun3

•
A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
- Mixed with the whoop of the crane and the roar of the grim alligator. — 1847
A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
•
A bump on a racetrack.
- The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […] — 2006

whoop

/wʊp/

verb2

(informal) To defeat thoroughly.
(informal) To beat, to strike.

forms

whooped · whooping · whoopeth · whoops

Phrases with whoop

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